Core market goes from feast to famine and back again

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Core market goes from feast to famine and back again

Singled out for special treatment by European regulatory initiatives, covered bonds were the funding tool of choice for the region’s banks in 2011. But an escalating Eurozone crisis meant the record-breaking market entered 2012 relying on state support. Steven Gilmore reports.

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